Re: MYRNA!
Posted: July 8th, 2009, 8:06 am
Hi Fernando,
I have never seen "Love Me Tonight" but I will have to get a copy and watch it. I have heard that Myrna is great in the picture but keep forgetting to view it....
I never met Jeannette MacDonald (but saw her once in concert); but have heard that she could be quite difficult. Louis B. Mayer loved her and thought she was good culturally for the studio and that is why she went to MGM. Adolph Zukor did not and thought she was a 'big problem'....
I knew Robert Z. Leonard and he was quite proud of her and let her have 'cart blanche' on his movies. Mary Boland was not a fan either and I think (she hinted) that she did a lot of meaningful scene stealing in her movie with her. I have never seen "The New Moon" either, so if you have, maybe you can tell us!!!
My Jeanette MacDonald story:
I went to a JMD concert in NYC with Merle Oberon around 1957 and was seated between her and Loretta Young; Irene Dunne sat next to Loretta and her husband.
After the concert, we all attempted to go backstage and congratulate her but she refused to see anyone. Irene said that Jeannette probably didn't want to associate with mere Hollywood people anymore. She always wanted to be a big opera star and not just a movie star!!!
I think Irene was right...
Larry
I have never seen "Love Me Tonight" but I will have to get a copy and watch it. I have heard that Myrna is great in the picture but keep forgetting to view it....
I never met Jeannette MacDonald (but saw her once in concert); but have heard that she could be quite difficult. Louis B. Mayer loved her and thought she was good culturally for the studio and that is why she went to MGM. Adolph Zukor did not and thought she was a 'big problem'....
I knew Robert Z. Leonard and he was quite proud of her and let her have 'cart blanche' on his movies. Mary Boland was not a fan either and I think (she hinted) that she did a lot of meaningful scene stealing in her movie with her. I have never seen "The New Moon" either, so if you have, maybe you can tell us!!!
My Jeanette MacDonald story:
I went to a JMD concert in NYC with Merle Oberon around 1957 and was seated between her and Loretta Young; Irene Dunne sat next to Loretta and her husband.
After the concert, we all attempted to go backstage and congratulate her but she refused to see anyone. Irene said that Jeannette probably didn't want to associate with mere Hollywood people anymore. She always wanted to be a big opera star and not just a movie star!!!
I think Irene was right...
Larry